Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Ivanka’s video about “skills-based hiring” was poorly received Brad Reed June 27, 2020 2:06AM (UTC) This article originally appeared on Raw Story President Donald Trump's White House is rolling out a new "skills-based hiring" initiative for the federal government — but it faced instant backlash…
June 26, 2020 | 9:13pm Enlarge Image President Trump visits the border wall in Arizona earlier this week. AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of $2.5 billion from military construction projects to build sections of the U.S. border wall with…
“The president is deemed to be in the essential workforce category and therefore he is welcome to New Jersey," Murphy said during a Friday news conference. "There was no either private or public signal from us otherwise.” The president was set to leave the White House for Trump National Golf Club on Friday afternoon. The…
June 26, 2020 | 5:56pm WASHINGTON — Applicants for federal government jobs will now be vetted based on their skills rather than if they have a relevant college degree after President Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing his agencies to change their hiring practices. At a signing ceremony at the White House, the…
Image copyright Reuters US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for protesters who target monuments to be imprisoned.The measure says anyone who damages a public statue must be prosecuted to the "fullest extent of the law".Mr Trump's order also calls for withholding federal funds from local jurisdictions and police departments that fail…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…